7、When Edward was 18，he bought a second-hand car for $200 so that he could travel to and from work more easily than by bus．It worked quite  1  for a year，but then it got so old and it was costing him  2  much in repairs that he decided he had better  3  it．

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly  4  to buy a cheap car，but they all knew that it was falling to pieces，so  5  of them had any desire to buy it．

Edward's friend，Bruce，saw he was  6  when they met one evening，and said，“what's  7  ，Edward?” Edward told him and Bruce said， “Well，what about advertising it in the paper? You may  8  more for it than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Bruce's 9  was sensible，he put an ad in an evening paper，which  10  ，“For sale：Small ear，uses very little petro．Bargain at $50．”

For two days after the ad first appeared，there was no  11  ．But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry（询问）．A man rang up and said he would like to  12  him about the car．“All right，”Edward said，feeling happy．He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be   13  or not．“Fine，”the man said，“and I’ll  14  my wife．We intend to go for a ride in it to  15  it．”

The next morning，at a quarter to ten，Edward parked the car in the square outside his front door，  16  to wait there for the people who had  17  his advertisement．Even Edward had to 18  the car really looked like a wreck （残骸） ．Then，soon after he. had got the car as clean  19 it could be，a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out．He looked at Edward’s car and then said，“Have you reported this  20  to us yet，sir?”

1． A．directly                 B．safely                C．happily               D．well

2． A．so                 B．such              C．very                D．too

3． A．keep               B．repair             C．sell                 D．throw

4．A．anxious              B．lucky              C．fortunate            D．generous

5．A．some                B．all                 C．none                D．most

6． A．delighted            B．sad                C．calm                D．surprised

7．A．on                   B．up                C．in                  D．around

8．A．learn                   B．miss                C．get                  D． find

9．A． message        B．advice            C．request                 D．description

10． A． read              B．translated           C．wrote              D． appeared

11．A．doubt                B．help                C． point              D．answer

12． A．tell                  B．see                  C．agree                D． call

13．A．exact              B．suitable             C．early                D．late

14．A．follow              B．meet              C． bring              D．introduce

15．A．recognize           B．get                C．admire                 D．test 

16．A． happening           B．meaning             C．turning               D．failing

17．A．received             B．watched            C．answered                   D．placed

18．A．forget               B．show                    C．disagree              D．admit

19．A．as                    B．like                 C．than                 D．such

20．A．reason             B．sale                 C．accident            D．result